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Constituency result · Lok Sabha · 1998

Tenkasi

Parliamentary constituency 37 (SC) · Tamil Nadu

State boardTamil Nadu 1998

[01]Result · 1998

#37 · SC
Poll dateNot recordedNo poll date in the source
Contestants6Candidate lines
Electors10,14,494
Votes polled6,62,321
Turnout65.3%
NOTADid not existIntroduced in 2013
WinnerMurugesan,s.All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam2,70,05340.8% of votes
MARGIN97,267 votes · 14.7 pp2,70,053 − 1,72,786
Runner-upArunachalam.M Tamil Maanila Congress (Moopanar)1,72,78626.1% of votes
AIADMK 61.0% of top-two votesTMC(M) 39.0%

All candidates 6

  1. 01 Murugesan,s.AIADMK2,70,053 40.8%
  2. 02 Arunachalam.MTMC(M)1,72,786 26.1%
  3. 03 Krishnasamy,dr.K.PT1,23,592 18.7%
  4. 04 Selvaraj,v.INC77,285 11.7%
  5. 05 Lakshmanan,kIND1,059 0.2%
  6. 06 Balamurugan,d.IND716 0.1%

Turnout 65.3%

025507510065.3%TURNOUT◦ state median 57.7%
Male 4.98 lakh49.0% Female 5.17 lakh51.0%

Share of 10,14,494 electors

  • Sex ratiofemales per 1,000 males1,039
  • NOTAintroduced in 2013Did not exist
  • State median turnoutmedian of 39 seats, 199857.7%
  • ReconciliationΣ 6 candidates = 6,45,491Residual 16,830

Seat history 2024–1962

  1. 2024
    18.9 pp
    Dr Rani Sri KumarDravida Munnetra Kazhagam
  2. 2019
    11.3 pp
    Dhanush.M.KumarDravida Munnetra Kazhagam
  3. 2014
    15.9 pp
    Vasanthi.MAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
  4. 2009
    4.6 pp
    Lingam PCommunist Party of India
  5. 2004
    17.2 pp
    Appadurai, M.Communist Party of India
  6. 1999
    0.1 pp
    Murugesan,s.All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
  7. 1998
    14.7 pp
    Murugesan,s.All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
  8. 1996
    14.1 pp
    Arunachalam, M.Tamil Maanila Congress (Moopanar)
  9. 1991
    29.4 pp
    Arunachalam M.Indian National Congress
  10. 1989
    27.0 pp
    M.ArunachalamIndian National Congress
  11. 1984
    34.4 pp
    M. ArunachalamIndian National Congress
  12. 1980
    24.2 pp
    Arunachalam M.Indian National Congress
  13. 1977
    41.4 pp
    Arunachalam M.Indian National Congress
  14. 1967
    1.4 pp
    R. S. ArumugamIndian National Congress
  15. 1962
    18.0 pp
    S. C. BalakrishnanIndian National Congress

Winning margin in percentage points; bars scaled to the widest, 41.4 pp.

[02]Computed insights

Arithmetic · working shown

  1. Third-placed PT polled 1,23,592 votes, 1.3× the 97,267-vote margin.

    1,23,592 ÷ 97,267 = 1.3

  2. The top two polled 66.9% of votes; the other 4 candidates 30.6% between them.

    (2,70,053 + 1,72,786) ÷ 6,62,321 = 66.9% · 2,02,652 ÷ 6,62,321 = 30.6%

  3. Turnout of 65.3% was 7.6 pp above the state's median seat (57.7%).

    65.3 − 57.7 = +7.6

  4. The margin widened from 14.1 pp in 1996 to 14.7 pp.

    14.7 − 14.1 = +0.6 pp

  5. Arunachalam.M, the 1996 winner, finished second in 1998.

    1996 winner name = 1998 runner-up name

Each line is arithmetic over the figures on this page.

[03]Reconciliation

Reconciliation failed
  • Candidate votesΣ 6 candidate lines6,45,491
  • NOTAintroduced in 2013Did not exist
  • Published totalVotes polled6,62,321
  • Checkneither convention holdsResidual 16,830

Candidate votes miss the published total by 16,830, with NOTA counted inside or outside it.

Contest resultElection Commission of India, constituency-wise results · Lok Sabha 1998 · Tamil Nadu · retrieval date not recorded in the results database

Candidates6 candidate lines from the same results · reconciliation: Reconciliation failed

State median turnoutComputed from 39 seats on the Tamil Nadu Lok Sabha 1998 board · retrieval date not recorded in the results database

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